Zündkerze: der, die or das?
dieZündkerze
Sparking plug
Short answer: Zündkerze takes the article die (die Zündkerze). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “sparking plug” in English.
Zündkerze: word facts
- Article
- die
- Gender
- feminin (feminine)
- English
- Sparking plug
- Topic
- City and transport
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Zündkerze take die?
Nouns ending in -e usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 816 of 863 such words take die (94%).
See the article rules →Zündkerze in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | die Zündkerze |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | die Zündkerze |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | der Zündkerze |
